I recently saw this reference to the acclaimed physicist Richard Feynman who talked of living on the expanding frontier of ignorance, where each closed door leads to several newly opened ones.
How many people along the path of Christian (or other) spiritual path have you found who know it all? Actually, I’m a bit embarrassed this week. Twice I ran into people who said if they ever wanted to know something they would ask me since I would know. I think they were all joking.
But I have lived a life beginning in my mid-teens where I lived on that frontier of ignorance powered by curiosity. In high school I rather neglected my official studies for I was deep into studying both electronics and philosophy (Marx, Freud, St. John of the Cross—I was an equal opportunity reader).
I still live on the frontier of ignorance. I actually wish that for you. Whenever we think we know everything, we are stuck. And also most likely not welcome dinner partners. It’s OK to know things, but it is better to foster curiosity about the things you don’t. Always be open to learning something new. Be like a 2-year-old. Always exploring. Always the joy of discovery.
Faith Venture 
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